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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 11, 20086 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this areal flood warning at Dec 11, 2008, 12:57 AM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 11, 2008, 12:57 AM EST (05:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 11, 2008, 6:30 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Dec 10, 9:02 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 9:02 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 9:40 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 10, 10:25 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 10, 10:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	44 hr
Dec 11, 6:32 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski, Schley and 3 more	6 hr
Dec 11, 8:32 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	6 hr
Dec 11, 8:54 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston, Jones and 3 more	51 min
Dec 11, 10:36 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jackson and 10 more	39 min
Dec 11, 11:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	11 hr
Dec 11, 11:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	26 min
Dec 11, 12:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Dooly, Sumter	9 hr
Dec 11, 12:58 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	18 hr
Dec 11, 2:31 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	18 hr
Dec 11, 3:33 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer and 6 more	5 hr
Dec 11, 5:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Jones	6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2008 Every areal flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.